Belladone is a classic dress from Deer and Doe patterns. I’ve been admiring it for some time and this month I’ve tested it out for next month’s Minerva Crafts project.
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| No tanning spray was used – winter is here. |
The design of this dress is retro and I love how you can add piping to it.
I found the perfect pre-made bias binding that I’ve used to pipe this dress as practice for next month’s dress.
Having a big stash does have its advantages. I tend to buy notions and fabrics in similar colours so when I eventually get to a project, I have everything I need. Having to shop for a specific project can be tiring and disappointing so this way I’m constantly happy.
On this test dress I made these adjustments
- forward shoulder adjustment
- shortened the bust points on the front bodice
- shortened the skirt length to 19″.
If I lengthen the bodice, it might throw off the waistband position too much.
The benefit of added an exposed zipper on this check fabric is you don’t have to match them across the seams.
The skirt pattern has a hem facing. I didn’t use this facing as a 2.5cm hem was easy enough to machine stitch.
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| I wore this over the weekend before the Arctic blast hit Sydney. |
Yes there are still some fine tuning to do based on the pull marks on this dress. This fabric has no ease so in the next version, the fabric has more ease so I’ll include a FBA when I make this again out of non-stretch fabric.
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